A TRUCK-DRIVER who suffered serious injuries in a truck crash earlier this morning has been airlifted to Liverpool Hospital; suffering fractures and suspected abdominal injuries.
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Police and other rescue services attended the single-vehicle accident just before 7.20am.
Inspector Colin Cracknell, duty officer with Chifley Local Area Command, said police got the call at 7.18am saying a logging truck had overturned on the O'Connell Road, near the intersection of Mayfield Road.
Inspector Cracknell said it appears the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle on a bend, causing the trailer to roll over and spill a load of logs.
Fortunately, there was no other traffic on the road at the time.
The driver was airlifted to Liverpool Hospital suffering fractures to the right leg and suspected abdominal injures.
In other police news, crash investigators have yet to positively identify a man killed in a single-vehicle accident on Shooters Hill Road on Sunday morning.
Police and rescue workers were called to the crash just after 8.30am, following reports a car had crashed into a tree at Shooters Hill Road,32km from Oberon.
On arrival, police located the vehicle, a Holden Rodeo ute, alight on the side of the road.
The single occupant of the vehicle, a male died at the scene. Police have yet to formally identify the victim, and are preparing a report for the coroner.